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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| So, how many of you guys just made these up? |
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:41 am Post subject: Re: funny things... |
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| 3baekwon wrote: |
Another time, while out shopping and needing to use the bathroom I said to a store clerk not once but several times  (b/c she looked so confused) "원장님 어디있어요?" 원장님 - 화장실 = same same, right? |
Okay, I have two I should share.
The first:
I'd been here a few weeks. A Korean friend taught me the expression for "work hard" to say when you leave -- pardon my transliteration, as I don't know the exact Korean spelling and I haven't Hangeul on this keyboard -- which is, roughly, suguwaseyo. Instead of saying that, I blanked and said "sagwa haseyo." Yes, "do the apple."
The second:
This was not in Korea, but instead in Japan. I speak conversant Japanese and was in a small-arse little town down south in Kyushu. I'd arrived late-ish at night and needed a room, so I went to a koban (police box). I walked in and made some casual talk in Japanese, and then asked my question. "Koko wa chikaku ni yasai hoteru ga doko desuka?" Unrelated conversation stopped, and the Japanese policemen looked at me curiously. "Wakarimashitaka?" I asked. "Did you understand?" "Koko wa chikaku ni yasai na hoteru ga doko desuka?" I asked again, making sure to enunciate clearly. There arose a chuckle from some of the men, confounding me. "Naze?" I asked. "Why?" I repeated my question.
The men laughed harder, and I thought about what I was saying. I'd confused two words -- "yasui," which means "inexpensive," and "yasai," which means "vegetable." So the conversation kind of went as follows:
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Excuse me, where is there a vegetable hotel nearby?
Did you understand?
Nearby, where is a VEGETABLE HOTEL?
Why are you laughing? WHERE IS THERE A VEGETABLE HOTEL NEARBY? |
Eventually we sorted things out and had a good laugh, but for a while there I was as red as, well, a beet.
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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I told a boy he looked delicious when I meant to say handsome. He was a taekwondo studiomate and had just gotten a haircut.
I also said, over and over and with increasing intensity to my taekwondo kwanjangnim, "몽이 아파요! 몽이 아파요!" No folks, my body doesn't hurt...my (slang, a la MC Mong) monkey hurts.
And I've been told I speak like a North Korean.  The way I say my 어 apparently. I blame my Minnesooooota roots with our dang long oooooos. |
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oneofthesarahs
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:19 am Post subject: |
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Once my kids were playing a game in which they had to think of a job, and then give clues so the other kids could guess the job. Most of the jobs were pretty prosaic: doctor, teacher, police officer.
Then one kid gave his clues:
"Job is very dangerous!!"
Other kids: "Zookeeper! (Well, actually they said "Zooman.")
Him: "No. In job, things can explode!!"
Other kids: "Scientist?"
Him: "No, I'm a TERRORIST!!"
Also, I was once playing Scattegories with some middle school students and the category was "Horrible Names for a Baby" starting with A. One of my students came up with "Accident," which truly may be the most horrible name for a baby. |
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just another day
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| Atavistic wrote: |
I told a boy he looked delicious when I meant to say handsome. He was a taekwondo studiomate and had just gotten a haircut.
I also said, over and over and with increasing intensity to my taekwondo kwanjangnim, "몽이 아파요! 몽이 아파요!" No folks, my body doesn't hurt...my (slang, a la MC Mong) monkey hurts. |
actually 맛있다 can work instead of 멋있다....albiet a little 변태 like... but 맛있다 will definitely gives off... a different suggestion.
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| And I've been told I speak like a North Korean. The way I say my 어 apparently. I blame my Minnesooooota roots with our dang long oooooos. |
yeah, i noticed that before!!! quite a few americans who learn korean, their accent sounds north korean! yeah it is something to do with the long ooos haha. i def. see it in the west coast chill accent too. |
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3baekwon
Joined: 04 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: funny things... |
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| normalcyispasse wrote: |
Instead of saying that, I blanked and said "sagwa haseyo." Yes, "do the apple."
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This really made me laugh because 사과 (sagwa) is also 'apology.'
So as your boss tells you good bye as you're leaving work, you turn and casually demand an apology! (hey, depending on your work situation, this might be called for!)
Thanks for sharing the chuckles... |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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"Are you a communist?"
Ok, so I taught em to say that. It's still damn funny coming from a 7 year old. |
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oneofthesarahs
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| Today one of my students told me that the opposite of "hungry" is "umbrella." That one had me scratching my head for a while. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:12 am Post subject: |
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| oneofthesarahs wrote: |
| Today one of my students told me that the opposite of "hungry" is "umbrella." That one had me scratching my head for a while. |
Common mistake. The opposite of thirsty is umbrella. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: |
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i have this one kid who was dragged under a bus a few years ago. he has massive scarring down his right leg, but other than that he made a full recovery.
(his family also got a MASSIVE SETTLEMENT)
anyways he always makes sure people know about his leg... either he's trying to mess with people or trying to get a rise.
i told him "you know tony, you may think that leg is ugly now, but when you get older, girls are going to give you so much sympathy, they're going to want to hear your story, and about how brave you are... and that's going to work in your favor" (he's already a really charming kid).
he replies "oh yes teacher. my SEXY leg" with great enthusiasm.
perhaps you have to know the kid, but it was hilarious. his sexy leg that looks like fucking hamburger. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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My taekwondo sabumnim is on the Kukkiwon demonstration team, so our studio went to watch their demo at the "Taekwondo For Foreigners" program.
A few very young kids from the studio who take earlier classes and thus had never met me were very curious. One say, "Amanda! Waygookins! Do you know them?"
The announcements at the demo are done in English. One kid in my class said, "What are they saying? I don't understand! Help me!"
I said, "Now you are like me." |
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potin14p
Joined: 04 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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when i told one class that I was from South Africa, the kids piped up with
"but Teacher, you skin is not dark!"
"Teacher, but you are not stupid, how can you be from Africa?"
they are also very intrigued with my curly hair, often asking me if it is fake. |
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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: |
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She wasn't a kid, but I taught this mad narcoleptic proselytizer student of mine that the correct pronunciation of "Gomorrha" was "gonorrhea." She said it a bunch of times to make sure she got it right. I hurt myself trying not to laugh.
"This word. How you say?"
"Gonorrhea."
"Gomorrhea?"
"Gonorrhea."
"Gomnnorrhea?"
"Gonorrhea."
"Gonorrhea?"
"Yup. Good."
"Gonorrhea, Gonorrhea, Gonorrhea, Gonorrhea."
"Yes. Sodom 'n' Gonorrhea."
I did the same thing when she asked me about how to say 'Goliath.' Then she left, and never came back. Yay! I win! |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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normalcyispasse, I did a spittake on your vegetable hotel conversation!
Great thread. I don't have any really good ones to share except once I went out with a Korean friend and she kept saying she was hungry so we got some food and afterward I tried to say, "Now you're full," in Korean. She looked hurt for a moment then explained I had told her, "Now you're conceited." |
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RedRob
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Location: Narnia
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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My first time teaching kindy, 6 angel faced wee girls...
Me: OK, lets do the letter F.
Angel Face: Teacher! Teacher! Me! Me!
Me: Sure angelface away ya go...
Angelface: Uhhh...Fishie, Uhh...Fireman, uh.....Four, five,........Uhhhhh(flips me the bird) uuh... teacher Fcuk You!!......uhhh Flower....Uh Forest etc
By this stage i have my head on my desk giggling my head off, give her abunch of stickers. Great Job!! |
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